Cressida - Asylum Vertigo Swirl original vinyl LP Album
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Description
Cressida - Asylum
Original UK release on the very collectable Vertigo "Swirl" Label complete with original "swirl" inner sleeve.
Catalogue No: 6360025
This record is from my private record collection and is in near mint condition. The vinyl looks like new and plays with only light surface noise. There are only very minor marks around the spindle to indicate that the record has ever been played.
The sleeve is in excellent condition but with a few marks on the inner gatefold. There are no tears or creases - only a very small area of damage to the bottom r/h corner of the front. (See Pictures).
This is NOT a “cleaned up for sale” copy and has been lovingly cared for from new. It has only ever been played on Audiophile equipment at a low tracking force (1gram Shure V15 variants in an SME tonearm).
*Please note: While sorting through my collection I have found a MINT condition "Swirl" inner sleeve on a less valuable record, so I am happy to supply it instead of the one pictured.
All pictures are of the actual item, not stock prints, so what you see is what you get.
ALBUM INFO:
Tracklisting / Additional Info: Cressida's Asylum is a fantastic example of early British symphonic Progressive Rock. It marries catchy Paul McCartney-esque vocals with adventurous instrumental sections. Superb vocal melodies regarded as some of the best from the Prog era coupled with charmingly naive lyrics
The instrumental sections have it's origins in the style typical of early '70s Prog Rock with the music driven by a dirty and mellow Hammond organ with classic piano, bass, guitar and drums. At times this sound was augmented with a small orchestra with violins, cellos, trumpets & timpani.
The first side of the album has a theme based on it's title with the second side featuring a couple of short filler tracks ending with a triumphant epic.
Widely regarded as the best album to come out of that school of early British symphonic Prog. This is beautiful, melancholic and mostly mellow and atmospheric. There is quite simply a British charm that blends it's morose charm with lovely orchestral Mellotron sounds that appear throughout the album.
If three words could describe this album then they would graceful, sublime and classic.
TRACKLISTING
1. Asylum
2. Munich
3. Goodbye Post Office Tower Goodbye
4. Survivor
5. Reprieved
6. Lisa
7. Summer Weekend Of A Lifetime
8. Let Them Come When They Will
Good luck in the bidding.
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